School: Carra
- Location:
- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 394
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- (continued from previous page)see with it? Answer = A needle.
- 1. As old as Adam still alive four weeks old and never was five. Answer = A moon.
2. Hink Hank under the bank ten drawing four
Answer = A woman milking a cow.
3. Why is the letter a like the middle of the day
Answer = Because a is in the middle of spelling day.?
4. It grows in the wood it plays in the town it earns a shilling and many a crown.
Answer = A fiddle
5. What is the difference between an engine driver of a train and a school master.?
Answer = The engine master minds the train and the school master trains the mind.
6. The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it.
Answer = A coffin.
7. A house full a room full and you could not catch a spoon-full
8. Why does a hen pick the pot?
Answer = because she cannot lick it(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brita Gillard
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonta, Co. Mayo
